Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Claude  BENOIT

  (b. abt. 1713 Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia   d. 11 August 1784 Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )  

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Claude BENOIT was born abt. 1713 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Claude BENOIT was the child of Claude BENOIT   and   Jeanne HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie CHAUSSEGROS (maternal)  Étienne HÉBERT and Jeanne COMEAU

Claude was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Claude  married  Anne Helene GIROUARD 14 February 1746 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Anne Helene GIROUARD  was born 14 April 1728 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Anne Helene died 1 September 1807 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).  Anne Helene was the child of François GIROUARD and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Claude BENOIT died 11 August 1784 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .





They were living at Riviere-aux-Canards before being deported to Massachusetts. Then they came to St-Ours, QC


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